Fly Fishing Canada is seeking applicants for positions on our National Team that will be participating in the 5th FIPS-Mouche Masters World Fly Fishing Championship, 9-16th February 2019, Dullstroom South Africa. Competition format will be four sessions of three hours. One River (bank) Session on the Spekboom River near Lydenburg and three Stillwater (boat) Sessions on Nooitgedaght, near Lydenburg, The Lochs, near Belfast and the Town Dam in Dullstroom. Species will be Brown and Rainbow trout. There is no website at the moment but additional details can be sent by email if requested.

This championship is growing in stature every year and is open to anglers that will be over 50 years of age at any point in the 2019 calendar year.

To be eligible to apply for these teams, you must have competed in an FFC National Championship and Conservation Symposium. Team selections will be made by a selection committee made up of members of your Board of Directors plus two past captains of international competitions, that are not members of the Board. The selection committee will vote to select four competitors for the team, plus the alternate, whose role will be made clear at the time of their acceptance of that position on the team.

The process of selecting the teams will be based mainly on three years of NRP rankings starting with 2017 and working back.

Other deciding factors in the team selections will include;- a "team first" mentality- a specific skill set suited to certain venues- a great ambassador for Canada and FFC at international events.The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) will be performing random drug tests on the competitors at this event. All applicants are required to visit WADA’s website and review the list of banned substances before submitting an application: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/content/what-is-prohibited

If you would like to apply for the teams, contact Todd Oishi at toishis@gmail.comApplication deadline is Saturday 30th June, 2018. The team will be announced by Saturday 28th July.The Board has decided that in the future teams will be selected sufficiently in advance to allow for pre-fishing of the venues and time for effective fund raising.Donald ThomChair of FFC National Teams-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------